Day 4 of the Commonwealth Games 2026, played out on July 27 in Glasgow, was India’s best single day of the Games so far, with the contingent collecting medals across para athletics, athletics, and weightlifting to take the overall tally from four to ten.
The biggest story of the day came from para athletics, where Sharmila Dhankar won the women’s shot put F57 final with a best throw of 9.81m, becoming India’s first-ever Commonwealth Games gold medallist in para athletics and ending a 20-year wait for the country in the discipline. Her teammate Shilpa K Shyla completed a historic double podium finish for India, taking bronze with a throw of 7.26m.
Athletics also produced its first medal of the Games, with national record holder Sarvesh Kushare winning silver in the men’s high jump after clearing 2.25m, becoming the first Indian to win a Commonwealth Games medal in the event.
Weightlifting continued its strong run, with all three Indian lifters in action finishing on the podium. Gyaneshwari Yadav won silver in the women’s 53kg category with a total lift of 199kg, Bindyarani Devi claimed bronze in the women’s 58kg category with the same total, and Valluri Ajaya Babu added silver in the men’s 79kg category with a lift of 330kg.
Elsewhere, India’s men’s high jump had two more entrants, Aadarsh Ram and Tejaswin Shankar, competing alongside Kushare, while swimmer Sajan Prakash qualified for the men’s 200m butterfly final. In boxing, several Indian fighters continued to progress through the draw ahead of the quarterfinal stage.
By the close of Day 4, India’s medal tally had climbed to ten: two gold, five silver, and three bronze, keeping the country in eighth position on the overall standings. Australia remained well clear at the top of the table, while England and Canada occupied second and third place.
The result marked a significant turning point in India’s campaign, showing that beyond weightlifting, the para athletics and athletics programmes were also capable of delivering podium finishes. With the marquee javelin and boxing events still to come later in the Games, Day 4 gave the Indian camp real confidence heading into the second half of the competition in Glasgow.